The combination of Express Scripts and myMatrixx will make enhanced pharmacy services offerings available to current and prospective workers’ compensation clients. The combined workers’ compensation team will be led by Artemis Emslie, currently Chief Executive Officer of myMatrixx.

“myMatrixx’s industry knowledge, technology and client experience have put us at the forefront of pharmacy services for workers’ compensation programs,” said Ms. Emslie, myMatrixx CEO. “With the demand for customized pharmacy solutions only growing, now is the right time to partner with Express Scripts and leverage the size and scale of the nation’s largest PBM to benefit our clients.”

With more than 83 million members, Express Scripts brings an ability to invest resources into advanced analytics. Express Scripts will leverage its clinical expertise innovation, client services, and strong marketplace footprint on behalf of its workers’ compensation program. myMatrixx’s strong reputation in the market for client services and agility will generate new growth opportunities and the combination will create more customer value.

Underlining the growing need for novel workers’ compensation solutions, earlier this month, Express Scripts released new data finding that the company’s innovative solutions lowered prescription drug spending for workers’ compensation payers overall by 7.6 percent in 2016. Much of this reduction can be ascribed to a sixth consecutive year of decline in overall opioid trend. In 2016, opioid trend decreased 13.4 percent due to a combination of Express Scripts’ clinical solutions, aggressive client management, and state and federal opioid regulatory trends.